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This is an email sent via the SHCG List. If you reply to this message, your message will be sent to all the people on the list, not just the author of this message. --------------- Dear Jenny and all, It just happens that I was thinking about how one would go about documenting and classifying contemporary objects such as iPhones, iPods, etc recently and wondered if classification systems such as SHIC will be updating to accommodate a new class that respects modern devices' abilities to be multi-functional, e.g. telephone, audio player and records, video player, game player, messager, etc. After all, does an iPod share anything in common with a gramophone? All the best, Tehmina On 4 October 2010 13:05, Noble Jenny <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > This is an email sent via the SHCG List. If you reply to this message, your > message will be sent to all the people on the list, not just the author of > this message. --------------- > > Hi all, > > > > Trying to update our collection with a few contemporary items and have run > into a wee problem... > > > > Can anyone shed any light on how you would classify digital media players > (e.g. an iPod) using SHIC?? We thought 2.863 (mechanically-stored sound > reproduction) might still be appropriate, but does anyone use another > classification? > > > > Thanks, > > Jenny > > > > Jenny Noble > Social History Curator > > North Lanarkshire Council Museums & Heritage > Summerlee, Museum of Scottish Industrial Life > Heritage Way > Coatbridge ML5 1QD > > Tel: 01236 85 6374 > > > > ********************************************************************* > North Lanarkshire Council's Web Site - > > http://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/ > > > > Lanarkshire - Host of the International Children's Games 2011 > http://www.icg-lanarkshire2011.com/ > > ********************************************************************* > > This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > > are addressed. If you have received this e-mail in error, please > > notify the System Manager and thereafter delete the e-mail from > > your system. The System Manager may be contacted at > > [log in to unmask] or by telephone on 01698 302254. > > E-mail transmission is not secure and information can be intercepted, > > corrupted, lost, destroyed, delayed or incomplete. The sender does > > not accept any liability for errors or omissions arising as a result > > of e-mail transmission or interception. Please note that incoming > > e-mails are routinely scanned for the purpose of detecting offensive > > or inappropriate materials. > ********************************************************************* > > > > The SHCG list is provided for members of Social History Curators Group to > discuss subjects relevant to social history in museums. To join SHCG visit > www.shcg.org.uk . Opinions expressed in this email are the responsibility of > the author and are not necessarily shared by SHCG. To leave the list do not > reply to this message but send an email to [log in to unmask] with a > blank subject line and these words as the body of the email: SIGNOFF > SHCG-LIST -- Dr Tehmina Goskar, MA AMA [log in to unmask] http://tehmina.goskar.com/ Research Officer: ESRC History, Heritage, and Urban Regeneration: The Global and Local Worlds of Welsh Copper History & Classics University of Swansea The SHCG list is provided for members of Social History Curators Group to discuss subjects relevant to social history in museums. To join SHCG visit www.shcg.org.uk . Opinions expressed in this email are the responsibility of the author and are not necessarily shared by SHCG. To leave the list do not reply to this message but send an email to [log in to unmask] with a blank subject line and these words as the body of the email: SIGNOFF SHCG-LIST